Dimensions of women's autonomy and the influence on maternal health care utilization in a North Indian city
Dimensions of women's autonomy and the influence on maternal health care utilization in a North Indian city
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DOI：
10.1353/dem.2001.0001
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发表时间：
2001-02-01
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影响因子：
3.5
通讯作者：
Das Gupta, M
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作者：
Bloom, SS;Wypij, D;Das Gupta, M
在印度瓦拉纳西的300名妇女的概率样本中，妇女的自主权及其与孕产妇保健利用的关系的维度进行了调查。我们研究了妇女在三个方面的自主权的决定因素：对财务的控制、决策权和行动自由。在我们控制了年龄、教育程度、家庭结构和其他因素后，与纳塔尔亲属关系密切的女性更有可能在这三个方面拥有更大的自主权。进一步的分析表明，行动自由度较大的妇女获得的产前护理水平较高，更有可能获得安全分娩护理。妇女的自主权对利用保健的影响似乎与教育等其他已知的决定因素一样重要。
The dimensions of women's autonomy and their relationship to maternal health care utilization were investigated in a probability sample of 300 women in Varanasi, India. We examined the determinants of women's autonomy in three areas: control over finances, decision-making power; and freedom of movement. After we control for age, education, household structure, and other factors, women with closer lies to natal kin were more likely to have greater autonomy in each of these three areas. Further analyses demonstrated that women with greater freedom of movement obtained higher levels of antenatal care and were more likely to use safe delivery care. The influence of women's autonomy on the use of health care appears to be as important as other known determinants such as education.